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I have only mentioned in this Dissection such new
Discoveries as we were able to make, and have not
taken any notice of those Parts which are to be met
with in common Heads. As for the Skull, the Face,
and indeed the whole outward Shape and Figure of the
Head, we could not discover any Difference from what
we observe in the Heads of other Men. We were
informed, that the Person to whom this Head belonged,
had passed for a Man above five and thirty
Years; during which time he Eat and Drank like other
People, dressed well, talked loud, laught frequently,
and on particular Occasions had acquitted himself
tolerably at a Ball or an Assembly; to which one of
the Company added, that a certain Knot of Ladies took
him for a Wit. He was cut off in the Flower of
his Age by the Blow of a Paring-Shovel, having been
surprized by an eminent Citizen, as he was tendring
some Civilities to his Wife.

When we had thoroughly examined this Head with all
its Apartments, and its several kinds of Furniture,
we put up the Brain, such as it was, into its proper
Place, and laid it aside under a broad Piece of Scarlet
Cloth, in order to be prepared, and kept in
a great Repository of Dissections; our Operator telling
us that the Preparation would not be so difficult
as that of another Brain, for that he had observed
several of the little Pipes and Tubes which ran through
the Brain were already filled with a kind of Mercurial
Substance, which he looked upon to be true Quick-Silver.

He applied himself in the next Place to the Coquets
Heart, which he likewise laid open with great
Dexterity. There occurred to us many Particularities
in this Dissection; but being unwilling to burden my
Readers Memory too much, I shall reserve this Subject
for the Speculation of another Day.

L.

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No. 276. Wednesday, January 16,
1712. Steele.

Errori nomen virtus posuisset honestum.

Hor.

Mr. SPECTATOR,

I hope you have Philosophy enough to be
capable of bearing the Mention of your Faults.
Your Papers which regard the fallen Part of the Fair
Sex, are, I think, written with an Indelicacy, which
makes them unworthy to be inserted in the Writings
of a Moralist who knows the World. I cannot
allow that you are at Liberty to observe upon the
Actions of Mankind with the Freedom which you seem
to resolve upon; at least if you do, you should
take along with you the Distinction of Manners of
the World, according to the Quality and Way of Life
of the Persons concerned. A Man of Breeding
speaks of even Misfortune among Ladies without giving
it the most terrible Aspect it can bear: And
this Tenderness towards them, is much more to be
preserved when you speak of Vices. All Mankind
are so far related, that Care is to be taken, in
things to which all are liable, you do not mention